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Streets by VICE: New York (Bedford Ave) – YouTube

Krishna9 years ago9 years ago01 mins

Krishna explores the history of Brooklyn by traveling its longest street: Bedford Avenue. Check out the VICE City Guide for more NYC recommendations: http://bit.ly/1P5awPe Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-VideosVideos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.comMore videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideosLike VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/viceFollow VICE on…

Brooklyn Real Estate Boom Slows and We’ve Got the Data to Prove It

Cate Corcoran9 years ago07 mins

Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Photo by Barbara Eldredge Yes, it’s true, the mind-boggling Brooklyn real estate boom of the last three years slowed in the fourth quarter, just as real estate agents predicted. No, not everyone will agree, but the numbers have spoken. It’s great news for buyers, who could use a break, and not bad for…

MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long “Revamp” : Gothamist

EMMA WHITFORD9 years ago08 mins

Last we checked, Cuomo had never ridden an MTA bus (Governor’s Office). Governor Andrew Cuomo has spent the week running from press conference to press conference, trash-talking New York City’s railways, airports and transit hubs even as he promises to make them grander, glassier, and, he hopes, more efficient. On Friday morning, the MTA…

L Train Service Between Brooklyn & Manhattan May Be Shut Down For Years: Gothamist

CHRISTOPHER ROBBINS9 years ago014 mins

Governor Cuomo’s announcement last week that 30 subway stations would be completely closed for months at a time in order to properly “revamp” them was greeted with groans by riders. But a disruption of epic proportions potentially looms for New Yorkers who rely on the L train to get in and out of Manhattan. Like…

The Great GoogaMooga Disaster Was Worth It, If Only for This Incredible Fake Menu (UPDATE)

Neetzan Zimmerman9 years ago9 years ago02 mins

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340 Flatbush Ave Ext. Revealed, Brooklyn’s First Supertall Skyscraper – New York YIMBY

Nikolai Fedak9 years ago05 mins

Back in June of 2014, YIMBY reported on new building applications filed by JDS Development for a tower coming to 340 Flatbush Avenue Ext., on the southeastern edge of Downtown Brooklyn. Now, we have the first rendering and actual details for the SHoP-designed tower, which will rise 1,000 feet tall, claiming the title of New York…

Brooklyn’s Possible Housing Glut – WSJ

Douglas Feiden9 years ago09 mins

It came as no surprise two years ago in an earnings call that Equity Residential, the giant apartment landlord, was bullish on Brooklyn. The borough “has come on strong with double-digit base rent growth,” said David Santee, chief operating officer of the real-estate investment trust. Today, though, Chicago-based Equity is striking a different chord: While its Manhattan assets are…

Straphangers Take A Ride On The Emotional Rollercoaster That Is The L Train: Gothamist

Ben Yakas9 years ago06 mins

Nell Casey/Gothamist By now, you’d think straphangers would be prepared for anything whenever they willingly entered the platform for the L train, the city’s most punctually punitive subway line. Mechanical problems, heat waves, and love-ins have all plagued the beleaguered line this summer. And it was no different today, as straphangers embarked on an…

One Dead, Three Wounded After Gunman Opens Fire In Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Hookah Lounge: Gothamist

Lauren Evans9 years ago9 years ago02 mins

One person is dead and three more are injured after a gunman opened fire in a Prospect-Lefferts Gardens hookah lounge early this morning. According to police, the shooting occurred at Buda Lounge on Flatbush Avenue just before 3 a.m. One 27-year-old man, who was shot in the head and torso, was pronounced dead at Kings…

Vice Robbed Of $16K Worth Of Laptops: Gothamist

Rebecca Fishbein9 years ago9 years ago02 mins

Courtesy @laurenpainter’s Instagram Vice’s new Williamsburg offices were robbed of $16K worth of laptops this week, proving again that one should never build a home on top of an Indian burial ground. The Brooklyn Paper reports that the magazine’s headquarters at South 2nd Street and Kent Avenue—once home to venerable institutions like 285 Kent, Death…

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Streets by VICE: New York (Bedford Ave) – YouTube

Brooklyn Real Estate Boom Slows and We’ve Got the Data to Prove It

MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long “Revamp” : Gothamist

L Train Service Between Brooklyn & Manhattan May Be Shut Down For Years: Gothamist

The Great GoogaMooga Disaster Was Worth It, If Only for This Incredible Fake Menu (UPDATE)

340 Flatbush Ave Ext. Revealed, Brooklyn’s First Supertall Skyscraper – New York YIMBY

Brooklyn’s Possible Housing Glut – WSJ

Straphangers Take A Ride On The Emotional Rollercoaster That Is The L Train: Gothamist

One Dead, Three Wounded After Gunman Opens Fire In Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Hookah Lounge: Gothamist

Vice Robbed Of $16K Worth Of Laptops: Gothamist